Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked
for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of
America. He was born on January 15, 1929, in
Atlanta, Georgia. Martin had a brother, Alfred,
and a sister, Christine. Both his father and grandfather were
ministers. His mother was a schoolteacher who taught
him how to read before he went to school.
Young Martin was an excellent student in school; he skipped
grades in both elementary school and high school . He enjoyed
reading books, singing, riding a bicycle, and playing football
and baseball. Martin entered Morehouse College
in Atlanta, Georgia, when he was only 15 years old.
Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided
to do something to make the world a better and fairer place.
After graduating from college and getting married, Dr. King became
a minister and moved to Alabama.
During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for
civil rights and racial equality. He participated
in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful
demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in
Memphis, Tennessee. Commemorating the life of a tremendously
important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year
in January, the month in which he was born.
GLOSSARY:
Worked: trabajaba.
Equality: igualdad
Civil rights: Derechos civiles.
Was born: nació
Ministers: sacerdotes.
Taught: enseñaba, enseñó, pasado de "to teach".
Went: iba, fue, pasado de "to go".
Skipped: saltar; pasado de "to skip".
Elementary: elemental, básico.
High: Alto
Enjoyed: disfrutaba, pasado de "to enjoy".
Entered: ingresó, entró; pasado de "to enter"
Fairer: más justo; comparativo de superioridlad de "fair": justo
Graduating: obtener el graduado.
Getting married: casarse.
Became: se convirtió, se hizo, pasado de "to become".
Moved: se trasladó, se mudó (pasado de "to move").
Peaceful: pacífico.
Demonstration: manifestación.
Unfair: injusto.
Treatment: trato.
Won: ganó; pasado de "to win".
